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Steve Heller @hellerphant.hellergood.co Producer at 17-BIT in Kyoto.
Formerly production and narrative at Fellow Traveller.
Worked on Orwell, Hacknet, The Stillness of the Wind, Neo Cab and others.
Also run indie publication Pixels for Breakfast.
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Lead Game Designer at Housemarque. Lead Enemy Designer on SAROS.
Director of Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon.
「ベヨネッタオリジンズ: セレッサと迷子の悪魔」のディレクターを務めました。
Matt Firor @thefiror.bsky.social Graybeard Game Developer, Historian of the real and the fictional. Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Age of Camelot project lead. Lover of the written word and interactive entertainment. Three chord guitar player. Perpetual lurker.
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guille @llikdowk.selkieharbour.com I make games and I'm one of the two halves of @selkieharbour.com
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* https://llikdowk.itch.io/
✨Many Nights a Whisper✨
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🟥 Virtue and a Sledgehammer - Coming 2026
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Patrick Willems @patrickhwillems.bsky.social Directs things. Made a movie about a coconut. Trying to sell out. he/him
Mary Kish @merrykish.bsky.social Head of Community at #Twitch. 1/3 #fireescapecast. What's life if you never take off your pants and slide on the ice once in a while.
Hayden Scott-Baron @docky.games Game Designer.
Previously: Ustwo Games, Microsoft/Xbox, Frontier, Planet Coaster, Jurassic World Evo, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and more. He/they.
lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz | EIC at startmenu.co.uk | Gay Idiot | (she/they) | Might have seen me on: Giant Bomb, ShackNews, GamerGuides, Restart, Waypoint, Fanbyte, PLAY Magazine, TheGamer, and PushSquare | Signal Username: BasicalliLexi.57
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
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Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social Co-owner of Rascal News. Tabletop and internet culture journalist. Avoiding unhealthy use this time around.
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https://www.rascal.news/
Elyse Willems @elysewillems.bsky.social Writer and performer in LA doing comedy, horror, and gaming stuff
👁️🗨️ PBS SoCal Won't You Be My Gamer
🎙️ 30 Morbid Minutes, Answer for It!
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🪦 Funhaus & Gametrailers
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John Hardin @johnhardin.bsky.social Kiteboarder, Steganographer
He/Him
Trans rights are human rights
(past: Bandai Namco, SEGA, ATLUS USA)
danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social Berklee College of Music game design lecturer, Volunteer EMT in NYC, BJJ Purple Belt 🤼♀️, hobbyist game dev and pixel artist, sometimes screenwriter, fitness dork. Post-bac science student with medical aspirations! She/her.
Tatum @tatum.bsky.social (they/them) PR Manager @ Digital Extremes for Warframe and Soulframe | tatum(dot)ryan(at)digitalextremes.com | Host of Objectively Positive Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6TCYjZ058Mij5WHRCy1HxA
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tim rogers @108.bsky.social youtube.com/actionbutton
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Jordan Middler @jordanmiddler.bsky.social Journalist, VGC.
Host, The VGC Podcast.
Scotland.
John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency
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cory barlog @corybarlog.bsky.social head of creative @santamonicastudio.bsky.social.
collector of an unhealthy amount of handhelds.
storyteller.
finding.
Isla Nanette Hinck @islahinck.bsky.social http://www.islananette.com | http://www.islahinck.com | {L}GB{T} | Film & Music & Games | Easy Allies | Reaction Shots | (she/her) | BLM | https://ihinck.carrd.co/
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jenny @qdork.bsky.social posting (at least) 1 video a day until my video game, CONSUME ME, sells one million copies.
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steam:
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Adam Dolin @adamdolin.bsky.social GameDevDolin.com
Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social Rook, Rika, The Ghost of Yōtei | Worlds Beyond Number | Dropout | BAFTA loser. Um, Actually CHAMPION | Gender🌊: all pronouns
Mike Fitzgerald @mikefitz.me Head of Technology at Insomniac Games, a PlayStation studio, developers of Ratchet & Clank and the Marvel's Spider-Man series. Formerly at Harmonix.
http://mikefitz.me
Greg Lobanov @greg.style silly game maker
making @beastieball.bsky.social
blog: http://wishesgames.com
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Tyler Glaiel @tylerglaiel.com Programmer / Game Designer. Closure, The End is Nigh, Bombernauts, The Basement Collection, Succubox, Fracuum, Aether, and more! Current Project: Mewgenics!
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Harshawn Ratanpal @harshawn.bsky.social Reporter, MPR News
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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com Perfect Tides - http://tinyurl.com/vbf9wzab
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Jeremy Parish (Radio Edit) @jparish.bsky.social NES Works/Segaiden video and book producer; Retronauts co-host; RGB addict. Get it straight: I did not invent the word "Metroidvania," and my opinions don't represent those of my employers. He/him. Header pic: Sonya Yruel.
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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of @secondwindgroup.com Creating the video series Unpacked, and working on secret projects. Former Editor in Chief of The Escapist.
Email: nick.calandra@secondwindgroup.com
Jordi de Paco @jordidepaco.bsky.social Creative Director @Deconstructeam.bsky.social - Writing, Narrative Design.
Also wrote Ninja Gaiden Ragebound and Denshattack!
Check out our narrative experiences here:
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Personal experiments:
https://jordidepaco.itch.io/
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THE COSMIC WHEEL SISTERHOOD | THE RED STRINGS CLUB | GODS WILL BE WATCHING
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Marina González 🐉 @marineteta.bsky.social Pixel artist @deconstructeam.bsky.social
🔮🌸🍸🐶
Deconstructeam @deconstructeam.bsky.social Narrative shenanigans:
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🏹Many Nights a Whisper
🔮Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
🍸Red Strings Club
🐶Gods Will Be Watching
🎨 @marineteta.bsky.social
🎹 @fingerspit.bsky.social
✍ @jordidepaco.bsky.social
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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